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Shoes

Lucy Johnston author Linda Woolley author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd

Published:13th Apr '17

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An impeccably researched history of shoes and fashionable footwear through the ages, with examples drawn from the Victoria & Albert Museum's outstanding collection

An engaging and authoritative overview of the history of footwear from the Middle Ages to today, illustrated with rare and luxurious examples.Shoes is an inspiring, impeccably researched and concise history of footwear through the ages. After a general introduction, chronological chapters illustrated throughout retrace the history of footwear from the Middle Ages to today, featuring shoes and boots that once belonged to both anonymous and famous male and female wearers, from battered old ‘chimney shoes’ hidden away for good luck to the elegant styles of the Renaissance, from Elizabethan mules to the first stilettos. A detailed glossary, bibliography and index conclude the book.

'An amazing and extensively researched volume' - New York Journal of Books

ISBN: 9780500519387

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 570g

160 pages